Republic Of Palau

"Constitution of the Republic of Palau" also referred to as "the Constitution of Palau" was adopted by the Palau Constitutional Convention, ratified at the Third Constitution Referendum on July 9, 1980, and entered into force January 1, 1981. The Second Constitutional Convention certifies the proposed amendments to the Constitution of the Republic of Palau that were duly adopted by majority vote of the Delegates on July 15, 2005. This constitution is the guiding principle of every decision made in the country.

The compact took on enormous symbolic importance throughout the world because of a provision in the Palau Constitution that Palau could not grant the U.S. nuclear rights without the approval of 75% of the people of Palau. A number of groups fought against ratification of the compact by Palau. They viewed Palau as the symbol of a nuclear free Pacific and the hope for an environmental preserve against great power imperialism and military intrusion in the Pacific.

"Palau, in its effort to strengthen the practice and preservation of its culture, will develop a National Cultural Policy. The policy will help to ensure the protection and promotion of the culture of the culture. This project is supported by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community through European Union funding, and administered and managed by the Bureau of Arts and Culture, under the Ministry of Community and Cultural Affairs. The project has three phases. The first is cultural mapping, which is the focus of this report and leads to the second phase of cultural planning and then, as a result of both these activities, a national cultural policy will be developed in the third phase. The national policy willprovide guidance for strengthening the cultural sector, which includes the government, nongovernmentalorganizations (NGOs), civil society, the traditional system, and the grassroots in our communities"--Publisher's website.